Road-engine



(No Model.)

A. O. FRIGK.

ROAD ENGINE.

Patented Mar. 17, 1885.

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- R OAD-ENGINE.

SPECIFICATION for-railing part of Letters Patent No. 314,172, dated March 17, 1885.

Application filed October 14, 1 84. (No model.)

' To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ABRAHAM O. FRICK,

a citizen of the United States, residing at.

-the rear platform below the boiler, on the boiler, &c.are all more or less objectionable. In some cases the'capacity of the tanks is necessarily limited,by reason of their location, to comparatively small size, so that they re-l quire frequent replenishment, involving much loss of time. In other cases their location disturbs the balance of the engine under certain circumstances, so as to interfere with the steering.

The object of my invention is to overcome these and other objections.

To this end my invention consists in arranging the teed-water tanks on laterally-projecting platforms between the driving-wheels and the steering-wheels.

Figure l is a side elevation of so much of a traction-engine embodying my invention as will clearly illustrate the latter. Fig. 2 is a plan View thereof. Fig. 3 is a transverse section in the plane indicated by the broken line X X in Fig. 1.

The same letters of reference are used in all the figures in the designation of identical parts. r

In the illustrated example of my invention, the reach A A of the running-gear of the roadengine is provided beneath the boiler B with a transverse platform, 0, which projects laterally at each end between the driving-wheels D D and steering-wheels E E. On each laterally-projecting end of this platform a feedwater tank, F, is placed. The tanks are connected by an equalizing'pipe, G. The overhung ends of the platform may be connected to suspenders H H, suspended from the boiler, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. It will be readily observed that the tanks may have a comparatively large capacity without interfering with any of the moving parts of the engine, since the tanks can be enlarged in a lateral direction to any reasonable extent without seriously affecting the balancing of the engine; also, that the weight of the feed water tank is quite evenly distributed upon both axles of the engine; also, that the rear end of the engine is left wholly unobstructed,

side of the boiler; but in some cases one of the tanks maybe omitted, and a laterally-projecting platform arranged on one side only to support a single tank.

The tanks may be permanently securedto the platfornnor detachabl y secured thereto, so that they can be removedat any time.

It is obvious that the tanks may be supported on any suitable contrivance other than a platform without departing from the spirit of my invention.

I claim as my invention- 1. A road-engine having a laterally-projecting platform between the driving and steering wheels for the sup port ofa feed-water tank, substantially as before set forth.

2. In a road-engine. the combination, substantially as before set forth, of the horizontal J boiler, a*laterally-projecting platform on each side between the driving and steering wheels, and a feed-water tank on each platform.

The combination, substantially as before set forth, of the horizontal boiler, a laterallyprojecting platform for supporting a feed-water tank on each side between the driving and steering wheels, and suspenders suspended 

